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he image of badminton is tied to Tbackyard tournaments at the cotâ€" tage or strawberry socials with the genteel crowd swatting the shuttleâ€" cock over the net to polite applause. But that‘s not how the badminton team at Bluevale collegiate institute plays the game. To sum up their game in one word, it‘s about power. Power serving, power smashing and doing whatever they can to put their opponents on the defensive. By playing that power game, they were able to shake off that stodgy old image of badâ€" minton and recently bring home titles in junior boys singles and senior girls doubles at WCSSAA. Power display leads to titles for Knights Karsten Beney followed that up by winning the school‘s first CWOSSA junâ€" ior boys title, while Laura Mcintosh and Caitlin Muirhead came up just short of making it a double. And to understand how they got there, all you have to look at is the athâ€" letic pedigree they bring to the badâ€" minton court. Mcintosh is the most highâ€"profile athlete of the three after accepting a full scholarship to Ohio State University in the fall to play hockâ€" ey at the U.S. school next season, and suiting up with Team Ontario and the Underâ€"18 Women‘s National team. But she‘s also a star on the fieldâ€" hockey pitch, and is surprising everyâ€" one with her latent soccer skills with the twoâ€"time defending Bluevale Knights senior girls‘ soccer team. So is there anything she can‘t do?" "There‘s a few I haven‘t tried yet," said the 17â€"yearâ€"old last Wednesday. "I OJ 3 Registered trademarks of Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Partnership, used under license. © Boston Pizza international inc. 2005 The Waterloo Chronicle Team of the Week is the Waterloo Novice MD Ice Wolves boys hockey team. The Waterloo Ice Wolves finished their magical season on a run that was second to none, winning 14 straight games and capturing three titles along the way. The Ice Wolves marched through the London Thunder Classic Tournament going undefeated to finish as Novice tournament champions. Next up was the tough Triâ€"City Novice playdowns where Waterloo went undefeated in four games, capturing the Triâ€"City championship title. Finally the Ice Wolves headed to Hamilton for the Alliance provinâ€" cials and their unblemished record remained intact after Waterloo came out on top in four TEAM OF THE WEEK 597 King St. N., Waterloo 519â€"880â€"1828 By Bos VrBanac Chronicle Staff * 0 AA. presented by was playing basketball this morning and it wasn‘t too good." _ o Caitlin Muirhead, Karsten Beney and Laura Mcintosh recently brought home badâ€" minton titles for the Bluevale Knights. Bos vasanac rHoto That might be the only thing she‘s brutal at, said Bluevale badminton coach Anne Weber. "She‘s just one of those gifted athâ€" letes," said Weber. "She might be one of the best athletes in the school only behind a couple of the guys. "Even then, I‘d put her up against them." f "I catch on pretty quickly," Mcinâ€" tosh said about her ability to pick up straight games to win the Alliance Hockey Novice MD Championship title. Members of the Waterloo Novice MD Ice Wolves boys hockey team, pictured above, are: (back row, from left) assistant coach Dave Chalmers, head Coach Mike Callaghan, assistant coach Mike Thompson, assistant coach Brad Duench, trainer Dave Nejadrasoul, (third row) Brandon Thompson, Jordan White, Ben Callaghan, Riley Henry, Trent Lamarche, (second row) Cole Breen, Brett Peake, Matthew Young, Jakob Stankowitsch, Brayden Chalmers. Hayden Harper, Daniel Ciulei, Mitch Callaghan, Coleman Smith, (front row) Cameron Duench, Jeremy Nejadrasoul and Luc Patton. new sports. "I don‘t know where it comes from, it‘s just there, so I lucked out on that." 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